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CBS News confused about location of La Palma volcano
https://en.as.com ^ | Oct 27 2021 | Jennifer Bubel

Posted on 10/28/2021 10:47:16 AM PDT by Beowulf9

When CBS News pointed incorrectly to a region in Murcia, Spain when trying to locate La Palma, an island in the Canaries, the internet did its thing.

I know, geography can be SO confusing! The Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption sits on the Iberian Peninsula of Spain, but when CBS gave this report on the catastrophe, they pointed to a region in Murcia, Spain, 2,219 kilometres away. To be fair, a La Palma does exist in the region of Murcia near Cartagena. When speaking about an island, however, it is not too difficult to see the mistake when CBS points to a region on the coast of Spain rather than, you know…an island

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1 posted on 10/28/2021 10:47:16 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Only a bit off...


2 posted on 10/28/2021 10:49:48 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Beowulf9

“An island in the canaries”

Those little birds can really eat!


3 posted on 10/28/2021 10:52:43 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Beowulf9

If only there was some sort of device that you could pick up and ask questions to find information, before you look like an idiot.


4 posted on 10/28/2021 10:52:56 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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5 posted on 10/28/2021 10:53:40 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Beowulf9

Commies have a mental blind spot per the Canaries because that’s where Franco was stationed before he head out to kick their ass in the Spanish Civil War.


6 posted on 10/28/2021 10:53:53 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: Beowulf9

Wait a minute! Aren’t journalists the gifted ones?


7 posted on 10/28/2021 10:54:36 AM PDT by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: fruser1

top shelf observation and post.


8 posted on 10/28/2021 10:54:43 AM PDT by Ahithophel (Communication is an art form susceptible to sudden technical failure)
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To: Beowulf9

Perhaps they confused it with Una Paloma Blanca...


9 posted on 10/28/2021 10:55:43 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Beowulf9

They don’t teach GEOGRAPHY in Jurnalizm skoolze.............


10 posted on 10/28/2021 10:57:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Army Air Corps

There are no Martians there......................


11 posted on 10/28/2021 10:58:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Army Air Corps

Is the drummer from that David Koresh?...
:)


12 posted on 10/28/2021 10:59:29 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Yo-Yo

🤣


13 posted on 10/28/2021 11:03:08 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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14 posted on 10/28/2021 11:03:52 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Alec Baldwin has killed more people than the Jan 6 protesters. And he will serve less jail time.)
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To: Beowulf9

This volcano has been erupting a month. Did they not see any reports about it?


15 posted on 10/28/2021 11:04:38 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: Beowulf9

Fake news CBS was just checking to see if you were paying attention 🤪


16 posted on 10/28/2021 11:10:17 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Beowulf9
The Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption sits on the Iberian Peninsula of Spain.....

CBS is not the only one who got it wrong. Cumbre Vieja is a volcanic ridge on the island of La Palma. It is about 800 miles from Spain. Spain, together with Portugal, IS the Iberian Peninsula.

17 posted on 10/28/2021 11:16:33 AM PDT by jimtorr
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To: Beowulf9
Only the modern mass media utilizing American graduates of Columbia University can be this dumb. It's not like they don't know how to goog the answers to their tests.


18 posted on 10/28/2021 11:17:55 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: blueunicorn6
Those little birds can really eat!

They need to be able to eat a lot, what with helping coconuts to migrate.

19 posted on 10/28/2021 11:19:17 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Perhaps the most helpful of all birds.


20 posted on 10/28/2021 11:21:37 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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